Following the Billboard chart success of “Whoopty,” CJ is ready for his next chapter. Speaking to SILive, the Staten Island native looks to continue the legacy carved out by the legendary Wu-Tang Clan and etch himself into the borough’s Hip Hop history books.
“It means everything to me, coming from Staten Island,” he said. “I want to keep putting that out there. Everybody claims that we’re the forgotten borough. As you can see, not too many artists, especially in the hip-hop genre, came out of Staten Island that were successful besides Wu-Tang Clan.
“I feel like I was the only one really after them, that kind of got, you know, that peek. It’s definitely a blessing and I can’t thank God enough for it.”
With the Staten Island connection (even though he relocated to Miami), CJ introduced the Wu-Tang Clan at this year’s Hot 97 Summer Jam welcoming the rap deities to the stage.
“I felt like I was in a dream,” he summed up the surreal moment. “I’ve looked up to those legends since I was a baby pretty much. And I’m a huge fan of them. I felt like it was definitely a huge moment for Staten Island and New York as a whole.”
As for new music, CJ is working on his debut album, which he toldHipHopDX remains untitled and to expect around November.
“Yeah, for sure,” CJ said. “I want to say November-ish. I don’t want to put a date on it yet, but we got some crazy features, and we going to make it historical.”
Season 2 of Wu-Tang: An American Saga returns to Hulu on Wednesday (September 8) as well.
He must mean in success because he definitely isn’t doing it with those weak ass lyrics and *Pop Smoke type beat* production.
I dunno why the industry keeps trying to push this guy … he’s nothing but a pop smoke knock off. And a poor one at that.
ITS BECAUSE HE IS PART OF THE ” INDUSTRY FAMILY” HIS POPS IS A MAJOR PLAYER SUPPOSEDLY- THAT’S HOW HE GOT IN – WONDER IF THEY SMOKED ‘SMOKE SO THEY COULD SNATCH HIS WHOLE STYLE???
#INDUSTRY_PLANTZ
Yeah, no. It should be definitely be stressed that homie relocated to Miami.
He looks like he belongs with DJ InValed The Fraud so I agree…Send him to that screaming phony talentless thief.
Lmao, nobody cares about Poopty and his knock off wanna be Pop Smoke sounding ass. These clone NYC cRappers are throwaways this generation. The last good rapper from the later generation were R.I.P Fred The God Son, and before that Lloyd Banks.
This dude literally said when he first came out he wasn’t very familiar with wu tang songs…he specifically mentioned listening to 50 cent and lil Wayne growing up and not being of the wu tang generation. Hence not knowing any words to ice cream and just moving his hands in a generic rapper like fashion
Then he woke up seeing his hand is in the toilet.